Policy Text
Downey Police Department
CA Policy Manual
Table of Contents
Mission Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1 - Law Enforcement Role and Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
100 - Law Enforcement Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
101 - Chief Executive Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
102 - Oath of Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
103 - Policy Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 2 - Organization and Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
200 - Organizational Structure and Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
201 - Departmental Directives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
202 - Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
203 - Electronic Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
204 - Administrative Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
205 - Staffing Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
206 - License to Carry a Firearm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
207 - Retiree Concealed Firearms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 3 - General Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
300 - Use of Force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
301 - Use of Force Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
302 - Handcuffing and Restraints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
303 - Control Devices and Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
304 - Conducted Energy Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
305 - Officer-Involved Shootings and Deaths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
306 - Firearms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
307 - Vehicle Pursuits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
310 - Officer Response to Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
311 - Canines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
312 - Domestic Violence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
313 - Search and Seizure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
314 - Temporary Custody of Juveniles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
315 - Senior and Disability Victimization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
316 - Discriminatory Harassment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
317 - Child Abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
318 - Missing Persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
319 - Public Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
320 - Victim and Witness Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
321 - Hate Crimes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
322 - Standards of Conduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
323 - Information Technology Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
324 - Report Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
325 - Media Relations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
326 - Subpoenas and Court Appearances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
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327 - Outside Agency Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
328 - Registered Offender Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
329 - Major Incident Notification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
330 - Death Investigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
331 - Identity Theft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
332 - Private Persons Arrests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
334 - Limited English Proficiency Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
335 - ADA Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
337 - Mandatory Employer Notification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
338 - Biological Samples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
339 - Chaplains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
340 - Public Safety Video Surveillance System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
341 - Child and Dependent Adult Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
342 - Service Animals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .